Example sentences of "we could [vb infin] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , we could expect some sort of boundary indication , such as a pause , to occur long before the end of this utterance . |
| 2 | From this it follows that we could give some account of what it might mean to ‘ change the context ’ in the sense in which Fillmore ( 1977 : 119 ) envisages this when he says ‘ I … find myself asking what the effect would have been if the context had been slightly different . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps we could talk some time ? … |
| 4 | We could do some window shopping , too . ’ |
| 5 | Look we could make some chocolate ones it only makes twelve . |
| 6 | And the dog , of course , which we could offer some peanuts of the ordinary salted variety . |
| 7 | ‘ It would be great if we could organise some kind of writers ’ festival sometime in the future . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It would be great if we could organise some kind of writers ’ festival sometime in the future . ’ |
| 9 | Or we could apply some kind of transformation which would stretch out the tails of the distribution , which would let us stick with arithmetic procedures and avoid multiplicative models . |
| 10 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 11 | wondered if we could get some money from the Students |
| 12 | In this way we could get some idea of the day-by-day variability in the subjects ' habits . |
| 13 | Erm a letter was sent to all district secretaries , who I think in mo , most cases sent these round to churches to see if we could get some idea from you as to what sort of increase in contributions could be possible for nineteen ninety three . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps we could get some ivy to go with the holly , ’ suggested Mary . |
| 15 | ‘ If we could get some discounts an' look at what we 're buyin' I fink we could do even better than we 're doin' now . |
| 16 | We could get some bacon for tomorrow 's breakfast . |
| 17 | We could get some fish and chips after . |
| 18 | There was very little sleep last night , our first hours ashore in Normandy , maybe tonight we could have some rest . |
| 19 | We could have some fun . ’ |
| 20 | Say we meet around seven , we could have some sort of meal . " |
| 21 | So it would be rather interesting if we could have some sort of comparison . |
| 22 | I think also if we could have some sort of timings when people could turn up . |
| 23 | He smiled at Agnes ; ‘ Do you think we could have some toffee ? ’ |
| 24 | Then we could have some tea together before we catch the train . |
| 25 | I sent a message to ask if we could have some luncheon at one o'clock , sharp . |
| 26 | It 's easy to look at these young hooligans on the street , as they are perceived by so many , without understanding why they are like it , and I think it would help everyone to understand , and maybe we could have some action to work towards supplying the need for these youngsters , because I belief if something could be done for them when they 're sixteen and just starting out on this erm sort of sub-culture life that they get into so quickly , if people could give them maximum help at this stage then they could grow into being responsible erm satisfied adults . |
| 27 | Yes , it was not so much a deletion as er a reduction in the numbers because we were very mindful erm in going through the requirement erm and not making significant changes as far as the U K was concerned and we needed to make some savings in cost if at all possible and therefore we carried out a very comprehensive review of all the items of role equipment such as drop tanks er pylons , explosive release units and those type of things which had been provisionally earmarked for a very high intensive and fairly long running conflict and it was felt that if we were to make some savings then it was a sensible balance to reduce those numbers on the basis that we could save some money in the programme but at the same time many of these items could be bought later on at relatively short notice , clearly not within a conflict but in the years to come . |
| 28 | For Case 2a , we could employ some search of the lexicon on our partial information , such as by first letter of the word , approximate word length and word shape . |
| 29 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And I thought you were glad because we could spend some time together . ’ |